RELATIONSHIP RESUMÉ by MICHAEL MINASSIAN

Just before we broke up,

my girlfriend from college

asked me if I ever

had written a record

of my relationships

like a resume, she said,

with dates, to and from,

experience, strengths, 

and weaknesses.

I wondered how long

it would take me

to write something like that.

Could I remember

names or places

and should I rate 

my favorite thing about them,

my least favorite thing,

or who broke up with who?

Skills? Objectives? References?

Please account 

for gaps in the dates.

MICHAEL MINASSIAN is a Contributing Editor for Verse-Virtual, an online poetry journal. His chapbooks include poetry: The Arboriculturist and photography: Around the Bend. His poetry collections Time is Not a River, Morning Calm, and A Matter of Timing are all available on Amazon. A new chapbook, Jack Pays a Visit, has just been released. For more information: https://michaelminassian.com